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This is The GNU C Library Reference Manual, for Version 2.16 of the GNU C Library.

Appendices

Indices

--- The Detailed Node Listing ---

Introduction

Standards and Portability

Using the Library

Error Reporting

Memory

Memory Allocation

Unconstrained Allocation

Allocation Debugging

Obstacks

Variable Size Automatic

Locking Pages

Character Handling

String and Array Utilities

Argz and Envz Vectors

Character Set Handling

Restartable multibyte conversion

Non-reentrant Conversion

Generic Charset Conversion

Locales

Locale Information

The Lame Way to Locale Data

Message Translation

Message catalogs a la X/Open

The Uniforum approach

Message catalogs with gettext

Searching and Sorting

Pattern Matching

Globbing

Regular Expressions

Word Expansion

I/O Overview

I/O Concepts

File Names

I/O on Streams

Unreading

Formatted Output

Customizing Printf

Formatted Input

Stream Buffering

Other Kinds of Streams

Custom Streams

Formatted Messages

Low-Level I/O

Stream/Descriptor Precautions

Asynchronous I/O

File Status Flags

File System Interface

Accessing Directories

File Attributes

Pipes and FIFOs

Sockets

Socket Addresses

Local Namespace

Internet Namespace

Host Addresses

Open/Close Sockets

Connections

Transferring Data

Datagrams

Inetd

Socket Options

Low-Level Terminal Interface

Terminal Modes

Special Characters

Pseudo-Terminals

Syslog

Submitting Syslog Messages

Mathematics

Pseudo-Random Numbers

Arithmetic

Floating Point Errors

Arithmetic Functions

Parsing of Numbers

Date and Time

Processor And CPU Time

Calendar Time

Parsing Date and Time

Resource Usage And Limitation

Priority

Traditional Scheduling

Memory Resources

Non-Local Exits

Signal Handling

Concepts of Signals

Standard Signals

Signal Actions

Defining Handlers

Atomic Data Access

Generating Signals

Blocking Signals

Waiting for a Signal

BSD Signal Handling

Program Basics

Program Arguments

Parsing Program Arguments

Environment Variables

Program Termination

Processes

Job Control

Implementing a Shell

Functions for Job Control

Name Service Switch

NSS Configuration File

NSS Module Internals

Extending NSS

Users and Groups

User Accounting Database

User Database

Group Database

Netgroup Database

System Management

Filesystem Handling

Mount Information

System Configuration

Sysconf

Cryptographic Functions

Debugging Support

Language Features

Variadic Functions

How Variadic

Data Type Measurements

Floating Type Macros

Installation

Maintenance

Source Layout

Porting

Platform